Victor Lindelof finally arrives

Originally Posted by dunk

I like him, there were glimpses last season that he could be useful. I think the skinhead he had when we first saw him had everyone thinking we were getting a brute when in actuality he’s a footballer. Deffo struggled physically last year and a few times this, but this season he’s been our best CB I’d say, when not being dropped for weeks for a collective bad performance, obvs

Would like to see him and Bailly get a proper go at it with actual full backs beside them.

Same.

That's the partnership we want to work. The one that you feel will improve with a bit of time and confidence.

Given badly Lindelof started for us....He's quietly gone about his business and improved. Hopefully Ole will be that next push for him

Originally Posted by jem

he barely featured h1. hard to say he defended well. jones playing the "offiside trap" didn't help him h2. did ok. one thrusting run doesn't make a centre back. soz. would rather have smalling and bailly than this @#%&!. might be ok in a back three. we should never play a back three.

We're trying to play football now. Surely Smalling can £#%&! off? Don't want to relive LvG's nightmare of trying to get Smalling passing it.

Not keen on Bailly but maybe Lindelof and someone like Koulibaly could work.

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

We're trying to play football now. Surely Smalling can £#%&! off? Don't want to relive LvG's nightmare of trying to get Smalling passing it.

Not keen on Bailly but maybe Lindelof and someone like Koulibaly could work.

Either Lindelof or Bailly playing alongside a proven leader like van Dyke could work well. Together, I don’t get the feeling they would equal the sum of their parts tbh.

Originally Posted by utd99

His (her) name is clownbones?

I always thought it was clownshoes.

They will always be Return of JC to me, tbf.

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

We're trying to play football now. Surely Smalling can £#%&! off? Don't want to relive LvG's nightmare of trying to get Smalling passing it.

Not keen on Bailly but maybe Lindelof and someone like Koulibaly could work.

smalling can defend. we have plenty of footballers.

Originally Posted by sa7

See Maguire yesterday? Played like he had cloven hooves rather than feet

Yesterday???? He's played like that all season bullet dodged not that we were ever in for him

Leicester's result yesterday was terrible after all, wasn't it.........oh

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

Leicester's result yesterday was terrible after all, wasn't it.........oh

Doesn’t mean he didn’t play like a #@&%! does it you plank?

We won at £#%&!ing Juventus this season despite playing like a Forrest Gump Select XI

It does perhaps indicate he wasn't *quite* as bad as some of you are making out. IMHO, as ever

Originally Posted by jem

smalling can defend. we have plenty of footballers.

Can he? Can he defend without hanging on to the opposition like some camp limpet?

It's not too much to ask to combine both attributes in one player.

Originally Posted by sa7

Doesn’t mean he didn’t play like a #@&%! does it you plank?

Love it how you get so annoyed at a differing opinion tbh

Have a great Christmas.

Originally Posted by atticusgrinch

Can he? Can he defend without hanging on to the opposition like some camp limpet?

It's not too much to ask to combine both attributes in one player.

indeed, it is not. however, we will have to buy to get a decent defender who can play the ball. because it ain't linde. in the meantime, I would prefer we play our best defender.

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

Love it how you get so annoyed at a differing opinion tbh

Have a great Christmas.

Likewise

the trauma is over! looked terrified under jose most of the time

still plays like a £#%&!ing @#%&!

Big Linders

Finally - finally - we have a player who can be classed as a 1st choice CB.

If we get that big Napoli defender Khaled Kumbayarmylord or whatever we we will have an absolute first class back5.

Absolutely delighted for him.

Means 1 of Rojo, Jones or Bailly needs to go I fear.

That absolute clown at Huddersfield last season, is it really the same person??

Really impressed with how he physically dominated Rondon
Didn’t expect that

So classy on the ball
Get a commanding CB and two top class full backs around him and we have a world class defense

Originally Posted by ZiggyStardust

Really impressed with how he physically dominated Rondon
Didn’t expect that

So classy on the ball
Get a commanding CB and two top class full backs around him and we have a world class defense

So 75% of the defence